5th Steal // [Action/Video]

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          A C T I O N ;

[For anyone wondering around Everglade, you might start to notice bolts, nuts, and other spare parts in small to medium sized piles that Rikku was able to find. If you follow the piles, you'll eventually find this Al Bhed girl covered in grease and working on some sort of.... machine? She looked like she was having a few issues as she cursed under her breath.... but just what was she saying?]

Cdibet Sylrehy... E ghaf E cruimth'd ryja cmylgat uvv....*

[If anyone comes to bother her, she won't really notice while she's intently trying to figure out her issue with her Machina.]

          V I D E O ;

[Later on in the day, Rikku will show up on the comm. with a grin.]

Hey everyone! So it's starting to get warming again and what's a better way to kick off the summer than to have a beach party? There has to be a beach or lake here somewhere, right?

Maybe we can even play some Blitzball?

Anyone in with me?

[OOC: * Stupid Machina... I knew I shouldn't have slacked off....]

Comments

[Video]

[celestial_wizard]

I don't know what Blitzball is, but a beach party sounds fantastic! There's a lake in Fayren - although there are rumors of a beast called 'Nessie' out there, I don't think it'd appear around any people. From what I've heard, it avoids them.

[Video]

[respect_points]

Blizball is a sport back at home where you enter a water dome and try to get the Blitzball into the enemy's goal.

[Basically soccer underwater.]

Well, I'm sure that we could figure something out. If Nessie doesn't show up though, that would be even better.

[Video]

[celestial_wizard]

A water dome..? But how would the players be able to play without...well, breathing air?

[ Although she was pretty sure Natsu would be able to play something like that. He had a lot of lung capacity. But she'd be worried for the other players. ]

That's true. Ah, though my friend would probably want to go looking for it anyway. [ Eheh. ]

Still, when are you hoping to hold it?

[Video]

[respect_points]

It's...a bit complicated, but you'd be able to breath just fine. I'd have to do a little research of my own to see if we can incorporate it here, but if all else fails, we don't exactly have to have the dome itself.

I guess they can if they want. I have no idea when just yet. First I need an idea if people actually want one. If not many people do, I'll just got with a few friends or sometime.

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[machinajackass]

E luimt ryja dumt oui dryd oui cruimt ryja gabd ib uh ouin cgemmc. [Comes his voice. He was on his way to see her and he stopped to get lunch and a little dessert for the both of them before he came across this scene.]

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[respect_points]

[Rikku didn't really pay much attention to really the time or even anyone around her until she heard that familiar voice. She let out a small groan as she set down her wrench and glanced to him.]

Crid ib ymnayto. Ed'c paah y frema.

[But that's when she noticed the bags that he had.]

What's that?

[What time was it even?]

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[machinajackass]

Two burgers with a side of fries and two parfaits. I was going to split it with you until you told me to shut up. Now I'm thinking about just eating it all myself.

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[respect_points]

[Food.... That's right. Lunch is a thing, isn't it? And to that her stomach will just remind her that she's actually starving and has been ignoring it.]

Oh. Well, thank you. [She shouldn't be surprised, but she actually didn't expect the gesture. Still she's sort of shooting him a look and giving a sigh to that.] Now you're just being a jerk again.

[Said jokingly as she wipes her hands off with a cloth that she had nearby.]

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Oh! Oh! Beach party. I don't think there was one here last year, so it would be a nice thing to have.

Though is blitzball some kind of sport?

[She has never heard of it before now]

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[respect_points]

That's why we should change that! It would be a fun get together too.

That's right. Blitzball is a sport from back home, although we'd have to probably change it a little to work here.

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[soldierofloveandbeauty]

It would. I would be able to play volleyball again. I kind of miss playing sports.

What kind of sport is it exactly? I could see what I could do.

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[respect_points]

Well, the trick would be to make the machina that would contain the water sphere, but I'm sure if I tinker around enough, I might be able to think of something...

[Although it's times like this that she wishes Shinra was here. He'd be able to do it no problem]

You can still breath under water in the sphere, since it would make it a bit hard to play if you couldn't, but it's basically just trying to get as many points as you can with the Blitzball in the rival's goal.

[Action]

[infinitejustice]

[Since he has arrived, Athrun hasn't really left Nova City. The combination of needing to settle in and being fascinated with the level of technology in Nova City had kept him plenty busy.

But today he has a day off, so he's going to check out the other parts of the realm he's in. And today, it carries him over to where Rikku was busy at work. When he sees her, he watches her for a moment, to see exactly what she's doing. He has no idea what the machine she's working on is, which means he's plenty curious about it.

As he's about to speak up, though, he hears her curse in Al Bhed and hesitates. That's a language he's never heard before. What if she doesn't understand him?

Well. Only one way to find out. He walks over and gently raps on what looks to be a solid part of the machine.]

Hey. Would you like a hand with that? I know my way around machines a fair bit.

[Action]

[respect_points]

[It wasn't until he'd touched the Machina in the process of being made that she really paid attention to anyone around. She glanced up to see who it was, but didn't recognize him. Oh well.

Luckily for him, she does understand him. She actually speaks fluently besides her Al Bhed. She just has the habit of going back to her native language when she's alone.]

This is a bit different from normal machines, but I wouldn't mind a little help. I haven't really worked on a Machina for a while so my skills are a bit rusty.

[infinitejustice]

I think you'll find I'm a quick study. And I have to admit, I'm curious to see what it is you have here.

[He walks over and looks at where Rikku was getting into when he showed up.]

What is it, exactly?

[respect_points]

It's a Machina -- basically a machine with a few differences -- that was called a Watcher back home. It would fly around and gather information and then report back. Some of them were enemies back home, but they can be useful too in the right hands. There was one in the Bikanel Desert back home that helped with communication and guiding, too.

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[deadcenter]

[oh no it's her....

alright senji be brave! don't get freaked out by her clothes or nothing!]

Uh... what's Blitzball? A-and I hope the girls ain't gonna be wearing super small bikinis or nothin'!

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[respect_points]

[Oh hey, Senji. She's still wearing her normal outfit.]

Blitzball is a sport from back home where you play in a water dome -- but you can still breath in it -- and your team is trying to get the blitzball in the enemy's goal.

[Since someone else asked about it, she's clarifying that now.]

Although, we may have to make adjustments here since we might not be able to play like it normally is.

[In a nut shell, it's basically a mix of soccer, football, and water polo....]

Well, I can't say if they will or not. That's up to them. It probably won't be that bad though.

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[deadcenter]

[YES HE CAN SEE THAT.]

Breathing in a.... water dome? [yeah he's confused.]

Your bad and my bad are two very different sorts of bad! [he wants to play but dammit-! this will be impossible for him!]

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[feel_nevermore]

[It's part of Raven's job as private eye and bounty hunter to explore other cities than just the one she lives in. And of course that covered in grease girl, working on some sort of machine she doesn't know and cursing in a language she doesn't understand - though she knows quite a large amount - was bound to draw the vigilante's attention.

She lands softly and quietly on the ground, several feet away from the girl and watches her in silence.]

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[respect_points]

[Rikku didn't seem to notice at first since Raven had been pretty quiet and she was so engrossed in her work. So instead of looking around for anyone, she let out a sigh to set the machina down and grab a few tools.]

Drana ryc du pa y fyo du veq drec yht syga ed yenpunha....*

[*There has to be a way to fix this and make it airborne....]

[ video ]

[taintedwhite]

Shiro doesn't know what the Blitzball game is but Shiro is very good at games!

...Can Shiro come to the party too?

[ video ]

[respect_points]

Of course! Everyone is invited.

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[mintchip]

Blitzball?

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[respect_points]

Yeah. It's a sport back in my world that's a really big thing. We didn't have much stuff for past time before Sin was defeated, so everyone really gathered together for Blitzball.

We have a giant water globe -- that you can breathe in; it wouldn't be good if they couldn't do that -- where you try to get the Blizball to the other goal and basically try to get as many points as you can, but it's pretty tricky sometimes. There's some really good Blizballers out there.